Culture war on the court: Framing the 2024 volleyball season of San José State University in popular media

Kelsey Slater; Christi R. McGeorge; Russell B. Toomey

doi:10.1177/30497841261450130

Culture war on the court: Framing the 2024 volleyball season of San José State University in popular media

Kelsey Slater
, Christi R. McGeorge
, Russell B. Toomey

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Abstract

San José State University (SJSU) athletics typically does not attract much national media attention. The team became a topic of discussion during the 2024 U.S. presidential election, where trans athletes’ participation in sex-segregated sports became a political issue. The current study investigates how news outlets framed SJSU’s volleyball season and set an agenda that contributed to the broader culture war over trans athletes.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	News Research Journal
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/30497841261450130
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

Keywords

agenda setting
content/coverage
minorities/diversity
press and society
women

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Communication

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